http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Headline Copyright Legal News from LexisNexis® en-us http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/images/lexismealeyslogo.gif 130 29 http://www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys/news.aspx Copyright 2020 http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ten months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Rimini Street Inc. on nontaxable costs in a nearly decade-old copyright dispute with Oracle USA Inc., the high court on Jan. 13 declined to grant the software support firm's second petition for certiorari, this time on a question on injunctive relief related to an innocent infringement verdict (Rimini Street Inc., et al. v. Oracle USA Inc., et al., No. 19-589, U.S. Sup., 2020 U.S. LEXIS 210). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' BOSTON - A federal judge in Massachusetts on Jan. 6 awarded the personal representative of the estate of Prince Rogers Nelson summary judgment and a permanent injunction in connection with a YouTube user's posting of five clips of the late singer in concert (Comerica Bank & Trust N.A. v. Kian Andrew Habib, No. 17-12418, D. Mass., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1343). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Jan. 15 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that a federal judge in Connecticut did not abuse his discretion in granting LEGO A/S a preliminary injunction barring a competitor from selling action figures that infringe LEGO's "minifigure" copyrights (LEGO A/S v. ZURU Inc., No. 19-2122, Fed. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1282). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Jan. 15 order, a federal judge in New York ruled that singer-songwriter Edward Sheeran must produce documents relating to ticket and merchandise sales at concerts where he performed "Thinking Out Loud" (TOL) (Structured Asset Sales LLC v. Edward Sheeran, et al., No. 18-5839, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8614). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 28 ruled that a digital audio recorder is covered by the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992 (AHRA) "only if it can make a 'digital audio copied recording' that is also a 'digital musical recording' as that term" is defined in the statute (The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies Inc. v. DENSO International America Inc., et al., No. 18-7141, D.C. Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 2683). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Jan. 23 holding, a federal judge in New York rejected a request by a photographer to recoup attorney fees he incurred in successfully prosecuting a copyright infringement action against Hearst Communications Inc. (Jonathan Otto v. Hearst Communications Inc., No. 17-4712, S.D. N.Y., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12246). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - In what it deemed a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 15 ruled that failure to mitigate damages does not preclude liability altogether when assessing statutory damages under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504(c), and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c) (Energy Intelligence Group Inc. v. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, No. 18-20350, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1347). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW ORLEANS - A panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 9 that the statutory bar for pre-registration damages set forth in Section 412 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 412, extends to post-registration copying when the copying differs from a defendant's pre-registration copying (Southern Credentialing Support Services v. Hammond Surgical Hospital, No. 18-31160, 5th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 624). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 27 affirmed the dismissal by a California federal judge of allegations that Office Depot Inc. committed copyright infringement when it made copies of a publisher's math curriculum for schools and school district licensees (Great Minds v. Office Depot Inc., No. 18-55331, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38553). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CONCORD, N.H. - In a Jan. 6 holding, a federal judge in New Hampshire agreed with a defendant that allegations that it infringed a trademarked headstock design as depicted in a photograph used by the defendant without authorization fail because the design in question is not entitled to trademark protection (D'Pergo Custom Guitars Inc. v. Sweetwater Sound Inc., No. 17-747, D. N.H., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1358). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2011%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A fabric design company tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a Nov. 27 petition for certiorari that the invalidation of a copyright registration under Section 411(b) of the Copyright Act requires that an applicant's inclusion of inaccurate information on a copyright application be knowing and intentional (Gold Value International Textile Inc. v. Sanctuary Clothing LLC, et al., No. 19-708, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2012%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SEATTLE - Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a copyright infringement dispute over the use of photos by Zillow Inc. in its online real estate listings, Zillow, on remand, moved for judgment on the pleadings on Dec. 6, telling a Washington federal court that an intervening "landmark ruling" by the high court in Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 139 S. Ct. 881 (2019), mandates dismissal of a real estate photography firm's claims against it because copyrights in the photos at issue were not registered before the suit was filed (VHT Inc. v. Zillow Group Inc., et al., No. 2:15-cv-01096, W.D. Wash.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2013%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - From Jan. 7 to Jan. 13, 28 amicus curiae briefs were filed in the long-running copyright dispute between Google LLC and Oracle America Inc., with 26 of them supporting Google and raising arguments including the importance of interoperability in software development and the possibility of antitrust abuses (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=19-1%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2014%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A photographer who had his copyright infringement claims against a publisher dismissed as insufficiently pleaded asks the U.S. Supreme Court in a Jan. 13 petition for certiorari to clarify what facts a copyright holder must allege to sufficiently state a prima facie case of infringement that can withstand a dismissal motion (Michael Yamashita, et al. v. Scholastic Inc., No. 19-894, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - An attorney for the state of Georgia argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 2 that the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in finding that annotations to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) are categorically ineligible for copyright protection (Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org Inc., No. 18-1150, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its Dec. 9 orders list, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away an author's challenge to a decision by the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that affirmed dismissal of copyright infringement allegations against a movie studio and book publisher (Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International Inc., et al., No. 19-560, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Following a 12-day trial, a jury empaneled in Virginia federal court on Dec. 19 deemed Internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications a willful infringer of 10,017 copyrighted musical works; the jury assessed damages of $99,830.29 for each work, awarding the recording industry $1 billion in damages (Sony Music Entertainment, et al. v. Cox Communications, No. 18-950, E.D. Va.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' CHICAGO - Citing lack of contacts by three defendants with a forum state, an Illinois federal judge on Dec. 13 granted dismissal of copyright infringement claims stemming from the alleged copying of a product catalog (Seven Oaks Millwork Inc. v. Royal Foam US LLC, et al., No. 19-6234, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 214721). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A software company was properly awarded a preliminary injunction barring its former employees and their new employer from disclosing or using source code acquired during their employment, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 16 (Softketeers Inc. v. Regal West Corporation, et al., No. 19-55529, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 37079). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A determination by a North Carolina federal judge that a federal statute regulating pesticides precludes copyright protection for the required elements of fungicide labels was "premature," a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 18 (Syngenta Crop Protection LLC v. Willowood Limited, et al., Nos. 2018-1614, -2044, Fed. Cir.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN DIEGO - A federal judge in California on Dec. 17 ruled that "no reasonable person would conclude" that he was not impartial in his handling of a trade secret misappropriation and Copyright Act lawsuit and determined that the owner of a sole-proprietorship failed to sufficiently show that reconsideration of the judge's order dismissing her claims in an amended complaint is necessary (Sara Elizabeth Siegler v. Sorrento Therapeutics Inc., et al., No. 18-1681, S.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 216776). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' MOBILE, Ala. - Two defendants accused of infringing a copyrighted photograph that was the subject of an existing settlement agreement and subsequent release were awarded $20,632.50 in attorney fees and $250.30 in costs on Dec. 20 by a federal judge in Alabama (Richard N. Bell v. Sandy Frost, et al., No. 19-230, S.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219035). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - A federal magistrate judge in California on Dec. 20 dismissed a declaratory judgment counterclaim of false advertising alleged in a dispute over co-authorship of the documentary "Sign My Name to Freedom" (Focal Point Films LLC, et al. v. Arjot Sandhu, No. 19-2898, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 219314). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-12%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2020)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' ST. LOUIS - "Stickers" depicting a plaintiff's name and logo placed on a copyrighted work "may constitute" copyright management information (CMI), a federal magistrate judge in Missouri ruled Dec. 10 (etrailer Corp. v. TexTrail Inc., No. 19-2490, E.D. Mo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212304). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%201%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Counsel for a videographer who asserted claims of copyright infringement against the state of North Carolina argued Nov. 5 before the U.S. Supreme Court that the case was erroneously rejected by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on grounds of sovereign immunity (Frederick L. Allen, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper III, et al., No. 18-877, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%202%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In its Nov. 15 orders list, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in a longstanding dispute over fair use and the copyrightability of a software interface (Google LLC v. Oracle America Inc., No. 18-956, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%203%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - A woman who filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against a church that she criticized in her YouTube channel was denied certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 18, leaving questions about the church's motives for filing a copyright infringement suit and about purported misconduct by the trial court unaddressed by the high court (Shirley Jn Johnson v. New Destiny Christian Center Church Inc., et al., No. 19-279, U.S. Sup., 2019 U.S. LEXIS 7017). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%204%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' FORT WORTH, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on Nov. 7 denied a motion to dismiss allegations that a defendant violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b), when it removed copyright management information (CMI), rejecting the defendant's position that the claim cannot proceed because the technical drawings in dispute are unregistered (Diamondback Industries Inc. v. Repeat Precision, et al., No. 18-902, N.D. Texas, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 193637). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%205%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - Allegations by an internet-based subscription news and research service that Bloomberg L.P. misappropriated proprietary information under the common-law "hot news" doctrine were dismissed without prejudice on Nov. 12 by a federal judge in the District of Columbia (DBW Partners LLC d/b/a The Capitol Forum v. Bloomberg L.P., et al., No. 19-311, D. D.C., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195725). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%206%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - A musical artist's failure to properly register his song "Walk It Like I Talk It" proves fatal to his copyright infringement allegation against Capitol Records LLC and others, a New York federal judge ruled Nov. 12 (Leander C. Pickett v. Migos Touring Inc., et al., No. 18-9775, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196106). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%207%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' LOS ANGELES - A request by Marc Jacobs International LLC for dismissal of allegations that it infringed the copyrighted "Happy Face" smiley face design and logo made famous by the rock band Nirvana was denied Nov. 8 by a California federal judge, in an in-chambers ruling entered Nov. 12 (Nirvana LLC v. Mark Jacobs International LLC, et al., No. 18-10743, C.D. Calif.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%208%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In a Nov. 13 decision memorializing her Nov. 7 bench ruling, a federal judge in Tennessee lifted a temporary restraining order (TRO) entered in October against various parties accused of copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation in connection with an upcoming Christmas show (Enchant Christmas Light Maze & Market Ltd. v. Glowco LLC, et al., No. 19-966, M.D. Tenn., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196660). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%209%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SEATTLE - In a Nov. 14 ruling, a federal judge in Washington deemed "meritless" allegations of copyright infringement levied against an art studio and held that a $1.6 million attorney fees award is warranted given the "need to deter the type of unsupported and fatally-flawed copyright claims asserted" (Michael Moi v. Chihuly Studio Inc., No. 17-853, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197837). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2010%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' RICHMOND, Va. - In an Oct. 30 ruling, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found no error in a Virginia federal judge's determination that allegations of copyright and trademark infringement against a spinoff masonic organization fail as a matter of law (United Supreme Council v. United Supreme Council, No. 18-2034, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32478). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2011%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - An appellee's reckless handling of 35 copyrighted photographs justified a jury's award of enhanced damages for willful infringement, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 20 (Greg Young Publishing Inc. v. Zazzle Inc., No. 18-55522, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 34526). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2012%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' SAN FRANCISCO - Dismissal of state and federal trade secret law claims brought against Facebook and one of its affiliates and the trustees of Princeton University is warranted because a home design website developer has failed to sufficiently show that it took reasonable steps to protect secrecy of its data files, which were publicly available on the website, a federal judge in California ruled Nov. 21 (UAB "Planner 5D" v. Facebook Inc., et al., No. 19-3132, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203618). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2013%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' NEW YORK - In a Nov. 25 ruling, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found no error in a New York federal judge's dismissal of copyright infringement allegations against Buffalo News Inc., publisher of "The Buffalo News" newspaper (Joel Joseph v. Buffalo News Inc., No. 18-2793, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 35105). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2014%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a Nov. 5 petition, Rimini Street Inc. seeks a second grant of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court in a long-running software license copyright infringement dispute with Oracle USA Inc., this time asking the high court to find that an infringer's mental state needs to be considered when deciding whether to grant injunctive relief related to an innocent infringer (Rimini Street Inc., et al. v. Oracle USA Inc., et al., No. 19-589, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2015%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - With oral arguments fast approaching in a dispute over whether annotations accompanying state laws are copyrightable, Georgia tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a Nov. 8 reply brief that the Copyright Act and high court precedent support a finding that the annotations are sufficiently original and protectable (Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org Inc., No. 18-1150, U.S. Sup.). http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?canceldest=form&keyenum=25271&keytnum=0&searchtype=get&search=18-11%20Mealey%27s%20Litig.%20Rep.%20Copyright%2016%20(2019)&view=full&ORIGINATION_CODE=00144 target='_blank' WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Nov. 12, Viacom International Inc. and Penguin Random House LLC filed a notice in the U.S. Supreme Court indicating that they waived their right to respond to a petition for certiorari brought by the children's book author who claims that her copyright infringement suit against the companies was dismissed because the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrongly excluded scenes a faire when deciding whether an accused book was substantially similar to hers (Jennie Nicassio v. Viacom International Inc., et al., No. 19-560, U.S. Sup.).